Featured Silver? Pill box for ID.

Morning all form cloudy California.
I was hoping to get an ID on this piece.
Think it is a pill box?
I don'y find any fineness marks but it does have a mark on the bottom and initials on the figural piece on top.
1 1/2" diameter x 3/4" height
Mikey

 

Good morning Mikey, from cloudy Hawaii! I don't have answers for you, but it's a lovely box!

 

I looked for RL & LR in the major reference for medalists with no luck. It only goes to about 1900 & no guarantee this artist was included even if time was right. Thought it was worth a try.

 

@916Bulldogs123 - So that we don't make any assumptions, is this simply stamp-embossed, or is it actually repoussé?
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Wishful thinking lol. Not a match for lalique lol

 

For reference, my comment from the original thread:

The box is my favorite but can't make much of it. Wondered whether monogram was RL & meant to make you think Rene Lalique. Mark on bottom defies me altogether. If I am not imagining it is there, the peacock, along with the diadem, indicate this is Juno/Hera.

 

it is hard for me to tell. the figure is actually a separate piece attached to the top so i can't see the backside of it.

 

Design appears to be on a separate piece; may be hard to determine. Also makes me suspect same maker made same box using plaquettes with different designs.

 

What he said.

 

Hi Mikey,
I had a similar box with a lion head on the cover. It was purchased in the MMA store in the 1970s. It was the one thing that did not contain the MMA stamp. I kept
my "weed" seeds in it. I gave it away about a year ago.
greg

 

Thanks. I really asked only because embossing usually involves a double-die process which precludes edges "waving," owed to the backing die (Mother). This seemed that it might actually be repoussé - pitch or sand-backed - because of the unevenness of the edge here:

 

Looks like it was die stamped,using progressive dies to make the top half appear to be a coin.

 

I know. I thought it was Mercury, like on the old dime..

Looks like the solder job was slightly incomplete on the edge?

 

Thank you all for your interest in this piece. Especially Bronwen for the I'd of the figure. If you stare at something long enough your eyes can play tricks on you. But looking closer at this mark it looks more like letters rather than a mark. I'm seeing HKG. Or am I imagining it? I hope @Bakersgma chimes in

 

Initials of the artist who designed the female figure on the top,maker's mark on the bottom of the piece.

 

Good morning from cloudy and cold Washington, Mikey! Been away since Wednesday and got home last night, so I'm just starting to catch up on new threads and new posts.

I can see where you see the possible HK (and maybe G) but it isn't speaking to me, I'm afraid. Without any other visible indicators, I have no ideas. Sorry/

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!

 

Whoa, I just zoomed on it again and am wondering if there are some really tiny letters below the HK?

 

There is nothing there. But now I can see it is plated, or at least the top is. Shows wear and the brass or copper showing through.
Thanks for looking. My Thanksgiving was just ok. My mom is bed ridden now and her caregiver was out sick all last week.

 

Oh dear. I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom, Mikey.

 

The artist is Louis Armand Rault, whose initials often get confused with Lalique. I sold one of his medals once, which is what this probably is, affixed to the silver box.
More info here:https://rlalique.com/Sections/Fakes/louis-armand-rault-medalist-jeweler-french-1847-1903.php